Scene :Some arbit Gruhapravesham . Me accompanying dad on this voyage. Dad goes inside. Me sitting in a chair desperately waiting for lunch.Old gentleman comes and sits next to me and stares at me for about 5 minutes.I trying to avoid his gaze and then it starts..
NP( Nosy Prick): U narayana swamy's sonu ?
ME: Guilty as chargedu..
NP: what u saidu?
ME: Me Narayana swamy's sonu..( damn..no sense of humor)
NP: U r first sonu or second sonu ?
ME: First from lastu...(as i remembered he was humor senseless)..I quickly said secondu
NP: Where is he ?
ME: ( I am presuming 'he' now refers to firstu or father..i assume it is father and a golden oppurtunity to get out of the conversation)..father is somewhere insidu..shall i call himu ( i am like plz say 'yes')
NP:No..No..ur elder brotheru..
ME: ( In this very instant..who knows..who knows wat and all he does or doesnot) Nowu ?
NP: (annoyed) yes..yes..nowu.
ME: somewhere in usu..
NP:( face suddenly bright..he is all exicited)..u all people little smartu America gou..
ME: (damn u!..oldman..I am sitting in India..the guy who needs to answer this question is not here..I then made the first mistake of defending my bro)..No uncle,the educational institutes here are not as good as the one's their. So it makes more sense to go there and study.After u do that u realize there are no jobs in india for what u study so u will have to end up doing a job there.But the trend is going to change ( is changing) as better oppurtunities are created in India.
NP: (all along trying to interrupt to what i was saying blurts) What bangalore eductation no goodu( damn u..i was not even refering to bangalore i was talking abt the whole country)...who saidu..bangalore bestu..all s/w company hereu..all coming here.all worldu here.. ( With a winning smile)..( Dude s/w companies are not where u study)
ME: ( given up..now tried to employ different tatics)..Uncleu i am still in India..i have not decided wheather i will go for higher studies to US or not..
( i was hoping he would now say sorry atleast but it turned out to be the second mistake i made)
NP: U all tellu like that..and gou..all sameu little smartu America gou..
ME:(Take my mobile out of my pocket and press the first number on the contact list and tell uncleu)..someone is calling me unclu..execuse me..
NP: I heard no ringu..
ME: silent modeu..( then i start speaking)..hello dude how are u?
Guy on the other end of line: Dude you are calling me after 3 years
ME: First number i could dial da..have some mercy..
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13 years ago
There is always a mention of the 'elder brother' ;)
ReplyDeleteAargh. I can understand how my sister feels when someone compares me with her. Believe it or not they all used to compare me with "the father". Was tough to prove my identity :-)
ReplyDeleteBut even more irksome is making them understand about the studies. If you praise US studies, they screw you for supporting US. If you do not praise, they will make you look like a "smart - fool" who has no "yogyate uuu" to go to foreign.
How many times have you not heard of this ... "Nanna maga foreign return, office kelsakke yavaglu hoktane... neenu hoglillva". Heard it every time I got to native place or someone comes from there. And end of the conversation I end up in the bottom of the dustbin :-D